Portiere or curtain hanger.



HERBERT C. MOORE, 0F SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG'NOR 0F ONE-HALF TO BOSTON FLOOR COMPANY LIMITED, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

PORTIERE OR CURTAIN HANGER.

Application filed. December 19, 1914. Serial No. 878,191.

vare supported at a plurality of points upon slidable members so that the portire may. be extended or collapsed as may be desired.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheaply constructed device which will be easy and certain in operation and will possess sufficient strength to hold heavy portires and still be sufliciently inconspicuous to' support light curtains as well.

Other objects will more fully appear from the following description and will be pointed out in the annexed claims. y f

ln the drawings: Figure 1 represents a vdoorway or window with portire or curtain hanger embodying kmy invention attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation of a guideway provided with a longitudinally extending recess in which is mounted a run ner constructed in accordance with one form of my invention. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view of a molding designed to support the runners of a portire hanger and showing in elevation one of the runners mounted therein. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of one of the preferred forms of runner. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view of a di'erent form of molding having a rectangular longitudinally extending aperture with runnersof thecharacter illustrated in Fig. 3, mounted therein, Fig. 6 is a dehaving side posts 1 2 and a lintel 3, a molding 4, provided with a longitudinally extendmg-aperture or runway 5 being secured to the underside or the front face of the lintelB, and a' series of suitable runners 6, such as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, being slidably mounted in the longitudinal aperture 5. `Any desired form of molding may beused. It will also be understood that if the device is to be used as a curtain hanger the molding may be attached to the top of the window frame in any suitable manner. rl `he molding is desirably formed in two sections 7, 8, (see Figs. 3 and 5) which may be glued or otherwise secured together in any suitable manner. Each of the strips of molding is provided with longitudinally extending grooves so disposed that when the sections 7, 8 are'placed adjacent each other as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5the longitudinal grooves will form a cylindrical or rectangular aperture or runway extending the entire or substantially the entire length of the molding.

The lower portion of each of the strips of molding may be cut away as at 9-10 to form a recess leading from the underside of the molding to the longitudinally extending runway and `providing a Way lfor the support whichl depends from the runner, The

.runner is desirably in the form of an antifriction device which preferably is cylindrical in form. As illustrated in Figs. l to y5 inclusive the cylinder is mounted axially of the longitudinally extending runway and the support is in the formlof a yoke 11 having inturned ends 12 which enter suitable axial apertures in the ends of the cylinder. rlhe lower portion of the yoke l1, which desirably is a wire is bent to form an eye 14 adapted to receive the hook of the curtain hanger. It will be readily understood that these cylinders are adapted to slide freely in the longitudinally extending runway and that .by reason of their construction they will rotate upon their axes in passing any obstruction orv irregularity which may be present upon the surface of the runway. The runway may be either cylindrical, rectangular or other form, but preferably cylindrical or rectangular. If a rectangular runway is provided such asis illustrated in Fig. 5 the cylinder may be arranged transversely thereof as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 In such case the support forl the portire Specicatioii of Letters'JPatent. Patented Aug'. 3L 1915..

lill@ tegral cross piece 2O in which the axis 21 of the roller 6 may be journaled. `The depending portions of the brackets 17 and 18 may be secured together by a rivet 21 or other suitable fastener and alined apertures 22 provided in the lower end of said brackets to receive the hook of the curtain pin.

It is to beunderstood that the various forms of molding such as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5 may be provided and that various modifications may be made in the form of the runner within the meaning and scope of the following claims.

Having thus described myinvention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-is:

1. A portire hanger comprising a member having a longitudinally extending runway, a cylindrical' anti-friction runner loosely fitting therein and extending longitudinally thereof, a depending supporting member having its ends respectively connected to the ends of said cylindrical runner and having centrally depending means adapted to receive the hooks of the curtain support.

`2. A portire hanger comprising a molding having a longitudinally extending runway, a plurality of loosely fitting cylindrical anti-friction runners mounted in said runway and extending longitudinally thereof, each having a depending yoke connected at its ends to said cylindrical runner axially thereof and a central eye adapted to receive the hooks of the curtain support.

3. A portire hanger comprising a molding having a longitudinal runway, a plurality of cylindrical anti-friction runners slidably mounted in said runway and extending longitudinally thereof, each supporting member including a yoke axially and rotatably secured to said cylindrical runner and having a depending eye adapted to receive the yoke of the curtain support whereby said runner is free to slide longitudinally of the runway and to rotate therein in passing obstructions or roughened portions of said guideway.

4. An antifriction runner for a portire support comprising a cylindrical member adapted to slide longitudinally in a suitable runway, said cylindrical member having a depending yoke connected at its ends to the ends of the .cylindrical runner and having a centrally disposed eye.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT C. MOORE.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK A. TENNANT, THOMAS J. DRUMMOND. 

